When I had a new timing chain put in the Honda at 180k miles, there was significant varnish in the engine.... everywhere. Plus my VTC actuator grind at start-up never really went away after the fix either even though I replaced the chain, EVERYTHING that touches the chain, the VTC actuator with the updated part, and the VTC solenoid.Chances are, your engine is already fairly clean, so I would not expect to see significant activity.
What Honda did you change the timing chain on? I thought Accord had a timing belt, at latest the older gens.When I had a new timing chain put in the Honda at 180k miles, there was significant varnish in the engine.... everywhere. Plus my VTC actuator grind at start-up never really went away after the fix either even though I replaced the chain, EVERYTHING that touches the chain, the VTC actuator with the updated part, and the VTC solenoid.
Then I ran 8 OCI's with Renewable Lubricants 0w30 and that really dissolved all that varnish. No more VTV actuator grinding either now.
So now I'm out of RLI oil and back to M1. I cut my OCI's from 10k back to 5k, but I want to make sure I keep cleaning and don't revert back to varnish I saw.
It's in his sig, 2010 Accord w/ K24, all K series use a chain but yes all the older ones such as the B, D, F, H series all used belts.What Honda did you change the timing chain on? I thought Accord had a timing belt, at latest the older gens.
It's another "I bought the t-shirt, now I'm part of the team" post.No offence but what are you expecting, you already threw everything at except maybe a 12 year old single malt.
I have not heard of Renewable Lubricants do they have esters comparable~ to a HPL oil for cleaning? I did a Google search and saw they were biobased but that was about it.When I had a new timing chain put in the Honda at 180k miles, there was significant varnish in the engine.... everywhere. Plus my VTC actuator grind at start-up never really went away after the fix either even though I replaced the chain, EVERYTHING that touches the chain, the VTC actuator with the updated part, and the VTC solenoid.
Then I ran 8 OCI's with Renewable Lubricants 0w30 and that really dissolved all that varnish. No more VTV actuator grinding either now.
So now I'm out of RLI oil and back to M1. I cut my OCI's from 10k back to 5k, but I want to make sure I keep cleaning and don't revert back to varnish I saw.
I use mobile version of forum I don't see sig. Thanks for clarifyingIt's in his sig, 2010 Accord w/ K24, all K series use a chain but yes all the older ones such as the B, D, F, H series all used belts.
Which did you run previously at 10k OCIs.
What Honda did you change the timing chain on? I thought Accord had a timing belt, at latest the older gens.
It's another "I bought the t-shirt, now I'm part of the team" post.
Still waiting for mine to come in the mail..It's another "I bought the t-shirt, now I'm part of the team" post.
Their cleaning oil is really an "appetizer." You need to run their oils if your goal is cleaning.It hasn't returned either. HOWEVER, I just ran out of RLI. So I'm going back to M1, but wanting to use this new cleaning oil from HPL occasionally to keep the varnish away.
Yeah I'm going to find a time also that I need to run through the last few quarts of redline oil that I haveI'm not sure what this means.....but I know my Accord runs much better now after running RLI and removing varnish. So I'm trying to keep this fairly clean so I don't have this VTC problem come back.
After a few OCI's with the HPL cleaner, I may just start to run HPL oils in the car (or Red Line)